On the Cover: Happy Traum and his Santa Cruz Guitar Company H/13
Editor at Large Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers visits Happy Traum at his home in Woodstock, New York, for a feature lesson that covers the guitarist and educator’s extraordinary six-decade career.
Features, Lessons & Departments
- Mick Barr: Chatting with an electric virtuoso who has gone acoustic
- Fingerstyle Fundamentals: All about the history, players, techniques, and gear of this essential guitar technique
- Yasmin Williams: Catching up with the bold young fingerstyle guitarist
- Leo Brouwer: An appreciation of the Cuban guitarist/composer and his works
- Woodshed: How to use African rhythms and “wrong” notes, vis-à-vis Brouwer’s “Etude No. 5”
- Pickin’: How Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge play their arrangement of the traditional tune “Old Grimes”
- Makers & Shakers: Archtop luthier Maegan Wells
- Weekly Workout: Strategies for fingerstyle improvisation
- Here’s How: Using electronic loopers for compositional effects and more
- The Basics: Ongoing chord-melody series by jazz guitarist Greg Ruby
- Mixed Media: Acoustic-centric reviews of notable new album releases
Songs
- “House of the Rising Sun”– Campfire arrangement of the popular favorite
- “Worried Man Blues” – Fingerstyle arrangement by Happy Traum
- “Old Grimes” – A bluegrass standard
- “Etude No. 5” – By Leo Brouwer
- “After You’ve Gone”– Learn a chord-melody arrangement by Greg Ruby
- Surprise fingerstyle holiday arrangement by Sean McGowan
Gear Reviews
- Santa Cruz Happy Traum H/13 signature model
- Epiphone Inspired by Hummingbird
- iZotope Spire Studio
- Music Nomad KISS System
And More!
Key Dates
- Advertising reservations due by August 6, 2021
- Advertising materials due by August 13, 2021
- Issue on sale October 5, 2021
*subject to change